I can't be a demon.

Chapter 205: A monkey disguised as Patriarch Bodhi?
Shen Lian stared at the darkness with a serious expression.

He noticed a series of bloody footprints extending outwards from the ground, which were slowly disappearing along with the blood mist in the store.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

After the old Taoist in red appeared in the Evil Moon Three Heart Cave, the cave became noticeably more active, with the figures of alchemists moving around in each hall.

"Is the Taoist Sanxin...or is he the Taoist Bodhi?"

Shen Lian leaned over and looked at the bloody footprints. Since the old Taoist in red was not wearing shoes, he could clearly see the strange structure of the latter's feet.

The four toes are small, the big thumb is unusually large, and has a palm-like mouth.

"The soles of the feet of the old Taoist priest in red are a bit like the palms of his hands."

"Something's wrong."

Shen Lian's pupils shrank slightly, and he suddenly thought of the monkeys who had lived on branches for generations.

Monkeys need to use their big toes to grip branches to climb, so they may have the same structure, but it is hard to say. After all, Sanxin Taoist has become a demon, so it is normal for his limbs to be deformed.

"There were no footprints when Tai Chuxin appeared, and we don't know what the structure of his feet was."

Shen Lian was terrified when he thought about it, as he had no idea what the situation was like for Bodhi Patriarch a thousand years ago.

Logically speaking, as one of the most mysterious immortals in Journey to the West, Patriarch Bodhi would not let his cave fall silently, right?
Nian'er's exclamation beside him interrupted Shen Lian's thoughts, "Brother, many of Nian'er's insects suddenly died."

"Those bad guys stepped on and killed all the bugs that Nian'er kept outside the door!!"

Nian'er complained with a frustrated look on her face, gesticulating with her hands.

The mass deaths of insect ghosts were not caused by the old Taoist priest in red, but by some alchemists who appeared near the store and killed them.

"It's okay, Nian'er, be good."

Shen Lian touched Nian'er's head, squinted his eyes and looked around.

The Taoist's methods were extremely covert, and it was not known whether he did it on purpose or not, but he had actually been testing the store, causing the ghost mother to become a little impatient.

Shen Lian communicated with the ghost mother through his consciousness, asking the latter to focus on the Three Hearts Secret Technique.

He stretched out his hand.

Blood flowed out from the palm of his hand, and after a moment, it turned into a red stone the size of a fingernail, emitting an aura that the demon could not resist.

"Nian'er, use it to raise insects, it should be able to live a little longer."

"Brother, it hurts."

Nian'er grabbed Shen Lian's hand, leaned close to blow on the wound, then took the redstone with a troubled look on her face, and went behind the counter to fiddle with it.

Shen Lian took a sip of the medicinal wine, and the loss of blood was not serious.

He once considered providing some of his own blood to Ghost Dad and the other two, but he was afraid that long-term consumption of blood would affect their sanity and turn them into mindless monsters, so he gave up the idea.

Shen Lian walked slowly to the corner, while Zishu and the other man sat in front of the door to the inner room, gazing at the statue of Tianpeng.

Qinghe would compare his ghost father's practice with his own from time to time, and try to learn the Three Hearts Secret Technique.

Zishu is also preparing for the second celestial bone.

"Junior brother Zishu, who is the Taoist Sanxin in red?"

Zishu opened his eyes and at first did not notice any traces in the hall until Shen Lian asked about the difference in Taoist Sanxin's clothes.

His heart skipped a beat and he glanced across the lobby.

Faint bloody footprints appeared on the ground, and he immediately realized that another Sanxin Taoist had entered the store, and he was also here to find Shen Lian.

Could it be that all the Sanxin Taoists are vying to accept Shen Lian as their disciple?
Qinghe was listening attentively, and although he had no intention of interrupting, he could clearly sense the degree of danger of the Xieyue Sanxin Cave.

Zishu said in a deep voice: "Brother Shen, you don't know that most of the time, we can indeed distinguish the Three-Hearted Taoist by the color of his Taoist robe."

"The Great Beginning Heart is in yellow, the Great One Heart is in red, and the Great Upper Heart is in green."

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows, hearing the hesitation in Zishu's words, "Most of the time?"

"Well, once they completely lose control, the robes will turn... white."

Zishu had seen the scene of the Sanxin Taoist rioting without reason, with countless casualties. "If you encounter the Sanxin Taoist in white, you must stay away from him."

After Shen Lian figured out the truth, he was secretly shocked. From the current perspective, being noticed by Taoist Sanxin was not a good thing.

What secret of immortality? I should be thankful that I didn't do anything to myself.

"It seems that after Tai Yixin appeared, the alchemist in the cave was looking for something?"

Zishu shuddered, and explained with lingering fear: "On the one hand, Tai Yixin maintains his human form, which will scare the immortals and ghosts, and the alchemists can enter and exit the outer perimeter of the cave on their own."

"on the other hand……"

Zishu hesitated and said, "They are looking for Tai Chuxin's...body."

"A corpse?!"

"Brother Shen... you should have seen the woodcutter from Fangcun Mountain. He achieved immortality by transforming his skin into feathers. The Taoist Sanxin is similar."

As Zishu spoke, his forehead was covered with cold sweat and he looked around at the outside world.

"For some unknown reason, Sanxin Daoist's condition will continue to deteriorate, and he will eventually have to abandon his demonic skin and break out of his body."

"Since Tai Yixin has shown up, it means that Tai Chuxin has already transformed, and the skin of his original body is somewhere in the cave."

"Wait." Shen Lian asked in disbelief, "Where is Tai Chuxin after his transformation?"

"I don't know. The true disciples suspect that Sanxin Taoist is recuperating in a certain temple, but I haven't seen him in the past few hundred years. I only know that Sanxin Taoist's skin is worth a lot of money."

Zishu was not clear about the specific uses of the skin bag. After all, he was just an outer disciple.

Shen Lian fell into deep thought. No wonder all the insect ghosts were killed or injured. It should be that the disciples in the cave suspected that Tai Chuxin's body might be hidden in the shop.

Zishu hesitated and said, "Brother Shen, I plan to take this opportunity to go to the Soul Storage Hall to obtain resources and strive to be promoted to the inner sect as soon as possible."

"kindness."

Shen Lian is not very interested in Tai Chuxin's skin for the time being. Since opportunities come every now and then, the right thing to do is to achieve the second immortal bone as soon as possible.

Besides, he is my cheap master after all.

"Brother, Nian'er wants to go out too!" Nian'er came closer and said, "Dad and mom are both practicing immortal arts, Nian'er wants to become an immortal!"

Shen Lian turned around and asked, "Junior Brother Zishu, does the Hidden Spirit Hall pass through the Immortal God Temple?"

"It's on the way, the Immortal Temple is not too far away."

Qinghe said, "Master Shen, I also have to go to the Soul Storage Hall. Madam Bai Gu asked me to come to the Xieyue Sanxin Cave to get something."

The second half of her sentence was quietly transmitted to Shen Lian through telepathy.

Shen Lian had no intention of delving into the matter further. "Nian'er, you can split off a body and follow them. Then hide in the Immortal Temple and see if there is any statue that Nian'er likes."

"Yes."

Among the three ghost dads, the one he is least worried about is Nian'er.

Each of Nian'er's clones is the original body, and his consciousness can travel freely. The ghost shop in the White Bone Cave is run by one of his clones.

Zishu did not refuse. Qinghe was proficient in the art of escape, so he just needed to lead the way.

The insect ghosts raised by Nian'er are very secretive. The swarm of insects can sense nearby movements and can retreat in time if any danger arises.

Shen Lian repeatedly reminded Nian'er, and then watched the two people and the ghost leave the store.

"Damn it, does the Taoist think that the skin is with me?"

Shen Lian sneered, not bothering to pay attention to the little thoughts of the alchemists. He even left a window open to use his spiritual sense to peek into the shop.

He set about practicing the Tianhe Blood Water Heart.

Tianhe Blood Water Heart and Lingtai Fangcun Heart both have eight levels, and the cultivation steps are almost the same, but the difficulty of the second fairy bone is definitely higher.

After Shen Lian swallowed all the essential substances, he determined that the banyan tree was the most compatible with the ghost heart.

Compared with Lingtai Fangcun Heart, Tianhe Blood and Water Heart does not absorb the essential substance by swallowing, but smears it on the surface of the ghost heart.

"How bizarre! How can one practice martial arts by cutting open the abdomen and taking out the heart?"

Shen Lian was secretly shocked.

"Fortunately, the ghost heart is just a second heart, so there is no need to torture yourself."

Shen Lian's mind moved, and the Yunling Taoist infant wrapped around the ghost heart, then directly escaped from the body, and the constantly beating ghost heart fell into his hand.

Because of the six martial arts he had practiced before, the ghost heart could still be used as easily as an arm even if it left the body.

There is no need for blood vessels or meridians to connect. Vaporized blood rushes in and circulates, ensuring the vitality of the ghost heart.

"Don't mention it, this thing really looks like it."

The ghost heart was forcibly transformed into a heart, but it still retained the characteristics of a ghost, causing the organ to be between life and death.

【Ghost Heart】

[Born by Shen Lian, his consciousness has been erased after being tempered by martial arts, but once out of control, he will become a ghost. ]

Shen Lian ground the banyan tree branches into powder and then mixed it into the medicinal wine.

When the ghost heart is soaked in wine, it can feel the breath of the banyan tree blending in little by little, and the vitality contained in the organ becomes more and more intense.

The devil's heart was beating wildly.

"Why do I feel a little confused? Where does the magic power of a ghost come from?"

Shen Lian seemed to have a slight headache. After all, the method of enlightenment was gained by visualizing the statue of Tianpeng. At first glance, there seemed to be no problem, but there were many flaws in the details.

He couldn't just do something reckless, and would only deal with it if he couldn't get in after a long time.

Save 20 points whenever you can.

The only thing Shen Lian was thankful for was that the banyan tree grew very fast, and unlike the starling, he had to use all kinds of persuasion to trick it into giving him a few tail feathers.

The ghost heart was gradually approaching saturation, but the immortal aperture did not make any progress.

What made Shen Lian extremely impressed was that Ghost Dad and the other two made rapid progress.

Nian'er had successfully arrived at the Temple of Immortals not long ago without encountering any immortals or ghosts on the way. Now she was visualizing the statue of the Queen Mother of the West.

Ghost Dad’s cultivation has quietly reached over three thousand years.

Even though it has only been a few decades of growth, the demon's cultivation level increases every thousand years, so Ghost Dad is not far from being a sneaky ghost.

The ghost mother stabilized at 2,400 years old. The ceiling began to turn into flesh and blood, and a heartbeat could be heard from inside, proving that the immortal bones of the two were about to take shape.

The corner of Shen Lian's mouth twitched, and when he looked at the ghost girl playing, his resentment clearly changed subtly.

"Stupid~~"

The starling seemed to have just returned from strolling around the Xieyue Sanxin Cave.

It fell on Shen Lian's shoulder with a look of disappointment, grabbing a pill fruit core.

Shen Lian was just about to teach the starling a lesson when he suddenly felt his heart beating like a ghost, as if it had a desire for the fruit core that far exceeded that of the banyan tree's branches.

"I see."

As soon as the fruit core came into contact with the ghost heart, it was completely absorbed by the latter.

The immortal orifice is about to emerge.

[Heavenly River Blood Heart (first layer)]

puff.

Blood gushed out from the surface of the ghost's heart, and pupils shaped like tree rings opened. Then, plant roots wrapped around Shen Lian's spine.

The Huangquan Immortal Bone turns blood into Huangquan water.

The evil heart turns the spine into a spiritual root.

"Hehehe, it turns out that I am the only genius in my family of four!!!"

"kindness?"

Shen Lian's ecstasy came to an abrupt end, and then he looked at Ghost Dad in surprise and doubt.

(End of this chapter)